gasconader means A great boaster; a blusterer. It carries an Arena rating of 1647, earned across 9 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, gasconader ranks #498 of 17,104 for Most Storied Words, #811 of 17,163 for Funniest Words, #2,558 of 17,126 for Most Satisfying to Say, #2,628 of 17,132 for Most Betrayed by Its Sound.
Why “gasconader” is a great word
GASCONADER — [Noun] A person who boasts or brags excessively and flamboyantly. From gasconade (meaning "extravagant boasting") + -er (agent noun suffix), with gasconade itself derived from Gascon (a native of Gascony, France, who was proverbially regarded as a braggart). First attested in English around 1709–11. Unlike "braggadocio," which names the boastful speech or the archetype, or "swaggerer," which emphasizes an insolent manner, a gasconader is defined by a hollow, theatrical performance of his claims. He is the man who loudly recounts improbable duels in a smoky tavern, who spins grandiloquent plans for fortunes not yet earned, or who, with a flourish, promises to single-handedly move the very sun—his life a performance where the curtain never falls, lest the audience glimpse the bare stage behind.
Etymology
From gasconade + -er.
noun
- A great boaster; a blusterer.e.g.““All this is play-acting,” Angelo said to himself; “this is a cool strong man playing the part of a gasconader and a fribble […]”” — 1870 November, Justin McCarthy, “Lady Judith: A Tale of Two Continents. Chapter VII”, in The Galaxy, volume 10, number 5, page 594:
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